Even if you are from the same neighborhood as someone else, you might still be coming from different places. Where you are from is a complicated question and it elicits complicated, but interesting and thought-provoking responses. We’ve shared some of those responses below.

Anita Katyal | Recipe Creator and food influencer

I was born and brought up in New Delhi, India. I am in awe of the diversity and wide spectrum of Indian culture, its cuisine and different flavors. Growing up, we had a lot of family friends and neighbors from different ethnicity and cultural backgrounds. So i got exposure to a wide array of food flavors, preparations, cooking styles and tastes. I try to follow the same diversity in my food preparations and am guilty of riding the nostalgic train when i am actually preparing something right now. As an example, I prepared for one of our traditional recipe which reminded me of my time in native place wherein my mom used to prepare this for me and my cousins Read more>>

Camilla Boston | Character Designer, Visual Development Artist, 2D Animator

Up until college, I grew up in Akron Ohio. living on a backroad of a backroad, in a culdesac that overlooks thick woods. it always felt like we were resting at the edge of the world. A neighborhood where something off kilter is always in the background, drowned out by the flood of of frogs and crickets. The outskirts of the main city are filled with broken highways and the crackling neon of drive ins and dollar generals, nestled into the skeletons of dead video stores I spent countless days in the historical theatre my mom worked in, volunteering and seeing the inner workings of productions. Read more>>

Satinder Bharaj | COO & Co-Founder, Pahhni Premium Alkaline Water

I was born and raised in a small town in Kenya. My parents were teachers and so learning was always part and parcel of how my siblings and I were brought up. If there was something that needed to be done, we would learn about it and then do it and this was before YouTube. I remember we would fix everything in the house that needed fixing. My Father could take apart a car engine and put it back together without any issues. That played a huge role in how I live my life. In my schooling, both in Undergrad and PhD studies, my main goal was to learn the principles and apply them. Memorizing was not my forte, that is why I became a scientist, I learnt the principles and then applied them to research and invent. Read more>>